Dr. Peng Huang

PROFESSOR OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS

Licensure

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Charterholder

BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Peng "Roc" Huang is a Professor of Finance and Economics at Arkansas Tech University and is currently serving as the Director for the MBA program.  He has Ph.D. and master’s degrees in economics from Western Michigan University.  Dr. Huang is a CFA® (Chartered Financial Analyst) charterholder.  Prior to joining Arkansas Tech University, he worked at Ripon College in Ripon, WI, and the University of Wisconsin – La Crosse.  His primary research interests include asset pricing, risk-return relationships, monetary economics, and applied time-series econometrics.  His work has been published in various peer reviewed journals such as Quantitative Finance, Financial Research Letters, Applied Financial Economics, and Journal of International Trade and Economic Development. 

EDUCATION HISTORY

  • BS-Shanghai Jiao Tong Univ
  • MA-Western Michigan University
  • PHD-Western Michigan Univestiy

PUBLISHED WORK

“Estimating the NPV of A Pay-Go Tax Incremental Financing Development Note”, with Timothy Hess. Journal of International Finance and Economics, 22 (2), 2022, 71-79.  

“Illiquidity Contagion and Pricing of Commonality Risk: Evidence from a Dynamic Conditional Correlation Model,” with James Hueng and Nardos Beyene. Finance Research Letters, 39, 2021. 

Chen, S., Elkassabgi, A., Huang, P., and Wei, W., (2019). Influences of Macroeconomic Variables on Stock Market in China: An Empirical Analysis. Journal of International Finance and Economics, 19 (4), 81-93.

Elkassabgi, A., Huang, P., Idemudia, E., and Wei, W. (2019). The Influence of Fedspeak on Market Volatility.  Journal of International Finance Studies, 19 (1), 17-22.  

Chen, S., Huang, P., and Wei, W. (2018). The Impact of Monetary Policy on Housing Prices in China. Journal of International Finance and Economics, 18 (3), 65-76.

Huang, P. and Hess, T. (2018). Impact of Distance to School on Housing Price: Evidence from a Quantile Regression. The Empirical Economics Letters, 17 (2), 149-156.

Huang, P. and Reavis, M. (2017). Are Credit Unions Less Efficient than Commercial Banks? An Empirical Analysis of Operating Efficiency. Review of Business Research, 17 (3), 29-36.

Recently Taught Courses

  • ECON 6103 - MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS
  • FIN 3063 - BUSINESS FINANCE
  • FIN 4023 - PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT